River Kings weekend roundup CORNWALL Ontario – The River Kings sent a message to the Sorel-Tracy Eperviers on Sunday afternoon at the Civic Complex. Cornwall dropped the contest 3-0 in front of 791 fans, but proved they weren’t going down without a fight. The chippy contest featured six scraps asContinue Reading
Eric Bertrand had two goals and two assists to lead the Cool FM de St-Georges to an 8-1 thumping over the River Kings on Friday night. Francois Ouimet had the lone marker for the River Kings, while Jeremy Vigneault-Belanger chipped in five assists for the Cool FM. Pier-Olivier Pelletier wasContinue Reading
Ah the dawn of another season of NHL hockey. A day when every franchise has hope. By Spring we’ll see which team gets to sip from Lord Stanley’s Cup, but for today the playing field is even. Hockey is Canada’s game and I generally tend to cover ourContinue Reading
With a week before the puck drops to start another season of NHL hockey the big question is what is GM Marc Bergevin’s plan? No major moves were made in the off season. Most of the moves seem to be internal. Alex Galchenyuk moves to Centre, Lars Eller movesContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The River Kings, sporting new flashy warmup jerseys, looked pretty impressive with a 6-0 victory over Sorel-Tracy in LNAH pre-season action at the Civic Complex on Saturday night. The veteran line of Julien Corriveau, J.P. Caron and Antony Courcelles sparked Cornwall with a seven-point performance against theContinue Reading
Lacrosse is coming home. For the first time ever, the FIL (Federation of International Lacrosse) will hold the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships (WILC) at the home of the game: The Onondaga Nation, capital of the Iroquois Confederacy. The start of the 2015 Games will commence at 7 PM EST atContinue Reading
Kings roster taking shape CORNWALL Ontario – With training camp less than six weeks away, the River Kings roster is taking shape, particularly on the blue line. The team has come to terms with three more defenceman for the 2015-16 season. Jason Lepine, Sasha Pokulok and Nicolas Therrien have beenContinue Reading
It has to be a disappointing off season for Leaf fans. Not quite as disappointing as for Hab fans, but pretty darn close. Neither team has really addressed their core needs even though both are near the Salary Cap. Dumping Phil Kessel was more of a statement than a tradeContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – River Kings general manager Rick Lalonde has come to terms with two key forwards. Veteran Pierre-Luc Faubert will return in 2015-16, as will Guillaume Parenteau, who was acquired late last season from Saint-Georges. Faubert, 29, had nine goals and 17 assists (26 points) in 39 games forContinue Reading
As the cap age tightens its grip on the game teams are finding out that cap management is critical to their short and long term success. I put together a chart of each team’s top five contracts and the average age of those five players. There are different formulasContinue Reading
Kings name captain, coach CORNWALL Ontario – The River Kings have filled two leadership roles from within. Brennan Barker, the 30-year-old defenceman from Long Sault, has been named the team’s captain. “Brennan has been with this team since Day 1 and he’s a great leader on and off the ice”Continue Reading
This seems to be the season the NHL cap really kicks in. In a normal world trading Phil Kessel for a bag of pucks wouldn’t make any sense. In the cap age….well. Brendan Shanahan and his team wanted to make a point and they traded away the team’s bestContinue Reading
The Boston Bruins are making waves ahead of the draft with not one, but two blockbuster deals that are already frustrating Bruin fans. The Bruins sent fan favorite Milan Lucic to the shipped off to LA for the 13th pick in the draft, goalie Martin Jones and minor leaguer ColinContinue Reading
The Cornwall River Kings have kicked off their first Season Ticket drive for the upcoming season after Council decreed that they would only get 30% of advertising revenue from the Civic Complex. Second season owner Steve Moreau cited his own excitement after seeing fan response since he took over theContinue Reading
With the draft fast approaching Habs winger Alex Galchenyuk has fired his agent Igor Larionov. While no real details have been publicly shared rumbles and rumors are that the 1st Round pick wasn’t terribly interested in a bridge contract. Galchenyuk was drafted to be the Habs eventual number oneContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Council and management have a chance to show some leadership and do something positive as it’s that time to decide on what to do with our hockey rink contracts. Right now the Cornwall Colts have a ridiculous arrangement where they get subsidized by the city and get theContinue Reading
While this draft is highlighted as one of the best in recent vintage the Toronto Maple Leafs seem to want to rebuild? In the cap age asset management is key. Asset value is dictated by contract as well as talent now as well. For all the rhetoric of TorontoContinue Reading
I must be getting old or Habs GM Marc Bergevin and his team see more in Torrey Mitchell and former Oiler D men than I do? His signing of Mitchell and re upping of Jeff Petry are kinda boggling to this scribbler. Mitchell essentially replaces the role that Manny MalhotraContinue Reading